Bible verses about "homecoming" | Murdock

¹ My children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. But if any one should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus the Messiah, the righteous. ² For he is himself the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for all the world. ³ And by this we shall be sensible that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ For he that saith, I know him, and doth not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But he that keepeth his word, in him is the love of God truly completed: for by this we know that we are in him. ⁶ He that saith, I am in him, is bound to walk according to his walkings. ⁷ My beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old commandment which ye had from the beginning; and the old commandment is the word, which ye have heard. ⁸ Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness hath passed away, and the true light beginneth to appear. ⁹ Whoever therefore shall say that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now. ¹⁰ He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and in him is no stumbling. ¹¹ But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness; and he knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes. ¹² I write to you, ye children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. ¹³ I write to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who existed from the beginning. I write to you, ye young men, because ye have vanquished the evil one. ¹⁴ I have written to you, ye little ones, because ye have known the Father. I have written to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who was from the beginning, I have written to you, ye young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God dwelleth in you, and ye have vanquished the evil one. ¹⁵ Love not the world, nor any thing in it; for whoever loveth the world, hath not the love of the Father in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, is, the lust of the body, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of the world; which are not from the Father, but from the world itself. ¹⁷ And the world is passing away, both it and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the pleasure of God, abideth for ever. ¹⁸ My children, it is the latter time; and as ye have heard that a false Messiah was to arise, so there are now many false Messiahs; and from this we know that it is the latter time. ¹⁹ From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out from us, that so it might be known, that they were not of us. ²⁰ But ye have an unction from the Holy One; and ye discriminate every person. ²¹ I have not written to you, because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth. ²² Who is false, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Messiah? And that person is a false Messiah. He that denieth the Father, denieth also the Son. ²³ And he that denieth the Son, also believeth not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, confesseth also the Father. ²⁴ And what ye heard from the first, let that remain with you. For if that, which ye heard from the first, remaineth with you, ye also will remain in the Father and in the Son. ²⁵ And this is the promise, which he hath promised us, even life eternal. ²⁶ And these things I have written to you, on account of those who seduce you. ²⁷ And ye also, if the unction which ye have received from him remaineth in you, need not that any one should teach you; but as that unction is from God, it teacheth you all things; and it is true, and no falsehood is in it. And as it hath taught you, remain ye in him. ²⁸ And now, my children, remain ye in him; that so, when he shall be manifested, we may not be ashamed before him, but may have an open countenance at his coming. ²⁹ If ye know that he is righteous, ye also know, that whoever doeth righteousness, is from him.

¹ Therefore let us also, who have all these witnesses surrounding us like clouds, cast from us all encumbrances, and sin, which is always prepared for us; and let us run with patience the race that is appointed for us. ² And let us look on Jesus, who hath become the commencement and the completion of our faith; who, on account of the joy there was for him, endured the cross, and surrendered himself to opprobrium; and is seated on the right hand of the throne of God. ³ Behold, therefore, how much he suffered from sinners, from them who are adversaries of their own soul, that ye may not be discouraged, nor your soul become remiss. ⁴ Ye have not yet come unto blood, in the contest against sin. ⁵ And ye have forgotten the monition, which saith to you, as to children, My son, disregard not the chastening of the Lord; nor let thy soul faint, when thou art rebuked by him. ⁶ For, whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and he scourgeth those sons, for whom he hath kind regards. ⁷ Therefore endure ye the chastisement; because God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there, whom his father chasteneth not? ⁸ But if ye are without that chastisement, with which every one is chastened, ye are become strangers and not sons. ⁹ And if our fathers of the flesh chastened us, and we revered them, how much more ought we to be submissive to our spiritual fathers, and live? ¹⁰ For they chastened us for a short time, according to their pleasure; but God, for our advantage, that we may become partakers of his holiness. ¹¹ Now all chastisement, in the time of it, is not accounted a matter of joy, but of grief: yet, afterwards, it yieldeth the fruits of peace and righteousness to them who are exercised by it. ¹² Wherefore, strengthen ye your relaxed hands, and your tottering knees: ¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, that the limb which is lame may not be wrenched, but may be healed. ¹⁴ Follow after peace with every man; and after holiness, without which a man will not see our Lord. ¹⁵ And be careful, lest any be found among you destitute of the grace of God; or lest some root of bitterness shoot forth germs, and trouble you; and thereby many be defiled: ¹⁶ or lest any one be found among you a fornicator; or a heedless one like Esau, who for one mess of food, sold his primogeniture. ¹⁷ For ye know that, afterwards when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found not a place for repentance, although he sought it with tears. ¹⁸ For ye have not come to the fire that burned, and the tangible mount; nor to the darkness and obscurity and tempest; ¹⁹ nor to the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard, entreated that it might no more be spoken to them; ²⁰ for they could not endure what was commanded. And even a beast, if it approached the mountain, was to be stoned. ²¹ And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble. ²² But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the Jerusalem that is in heaven; and to the assemblies of myriads of angels; ²³ and to the church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven and to God the judge of all; and to the spirits of the just, who are perfected; ²⁴ and to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant; and to the sprinkling, of his blood, which speaketh better than that of Abel. ²⁵ Beware, therefore, lest ye refuse to hear him who speaketh with you. For if they escaped not, who refused to hear him who spake with them on the earth, how much more shall we not, if we refuse to hear him who speaketh with us from heaven? ²⁶ Whose voice then shook the earth; but now he hath promised, and said, yet again once more, I will shake not the earth only, but also heaven. ²⁷ And this his expression, Once more, indicateth the mutation of the things that are shaken, because they are fabricated; that the things which will not be shaken, may remain. ²⁸ Since, therefore, we have received a kingdom that is unshaken, let us grasp the grace whereby we may serve and please God, with reverence and fear. ²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

¹ Let love for the brethren dwell among you. ² And forget not kindness to strangers; for thereby some have been privileged to entertain angels, unawares. ³ And remember those in bonds, as if ye were bound with them: and recollect those in affliction, as being yourselves clothed in flesh. ⁴ Marriage is honorable in all; and their bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers, God will judge. ⁵ Let not your mind love money; but let what ye have, satisfy you. For the Lord himself hath said, I will never leave thee, nor slacken the hand towards thee. ⁶ And it belongeth to us, to say confidently, My Lord is my aider, I will not fear. What can man do to me? ⁷ Remember your guides, who have spoken to you godly discourse; examine the issue of their course, and imitate their faith. ⁸ Jesus the Messiah is the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. ⁹ Be not led away by strange and variable doctrines. For it is a good thing, that we strengthen our hearts with grace, and not with meats; for those have not been benefited, who walked in them. ¹⁰ And we have an altar, of which they who minister in the tabernacle have no right to eat. ¹¹ For the flesh of those animals, whose blood the high priest brought into the sanctuary for sins, was burned without the camp. ¹² For this reason, Jesus also, that he might sanctify his people with his blood, suffered without the city. ¹³ Therefore, let us also go forth to him, without the camp, clothed with his reproach: ¹⁴ (for we have here no abiding city; but we expect one that is future:) ¹⁵ and through him, let us at all times offer to God the sacrifices of praise, that is, the fruits of lips which give thanks to his name. ¹⁶ And forget not commiseration and communication with the poor; for with such sacrifices a man pleaseth God. ¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and hearken to them; for they watch for your souls, as men who must give an account of you, that they may do this with joy and not with anguish; for that would not be profitable to you. ¹⁸ Pray ye for us; for we trust we have a good consciousness, that in all things we desire to conduct ourselves well. ¹⁹ Especially do I request you to do this, that I may return to you speedily. ²⁰ May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the flock, by the blood of the everlasting covenant, namely Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, ²¹ make you perfect in every good work, that ye may do his pleasure; and himself operate in you that which is pleasing In his sight, through Jesus the Messiah; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. ²² And I beseech you, my brethren, that ye be patient under this word of exhortation; for it is in few words I have written to you. ²³ And know ye, that our brother Timothy is set at liberty: and if he come soon, I, with him, shall see you. ²⁴ Salute all your guides, and all the saints. All they of Italy salute you. ²⁵ Grace be with you all. Amen.

¹ JAMES, a servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; to the twelve tribes dispersed among the Gentiles; greeting peace. ² Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials. ³ For ye know, that the trial of your faith, maketh you possess patience. ⁴ And let patience have its perfect work, so that ye may be complete and perfect, and may lack nothing. ⁵ And if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all freely, and reproacheth not; and it will be given him. ⁶ But let him ask in faith, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth. ⁷ And let not that man expect to receive any thing of the Lord, ⁸ who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways. ⁹ And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away. ¹¹ For the sun riseth in its heat, and drieth up the herb; and its flower falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth: so also the rich man withereth in his ways. ¹² Blessed is the man who endureth temptations; so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him. ¹³ Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted with evils, nor doth he tempt any man. ¹⁴ But every man is tempted by his own lust; and he lusteth, and is drawn away. ¹⁵ And this his lust conceiveth, and bringeth forth sin; and sin, when mature, bringeth forth death. ¹⁶ Do not err, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no mutation, not even the shadow of change. ¹⁸ He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures. ¹⁹ And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and slow to wrath: ²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ²¹ Wherefore, remove far from you all impurity, and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is implanted in our nature, which is able to vivify these your souls. ²² But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves. ²³ For if any man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who seeth his face in a mirror: ²⁴ for he seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a man he was. ²⁵ But every one that looketh upon the perfect law of liberty and abideth in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; and he will be blessed in his work. ²⁶ And if any one thinketh that he worshippeth God, and doth not restrain his tongue, but his heart deceiveth him; his worship is vain. ²⁷ For the worship that is pure and holy before God the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and that one keep himself unspotted from the world.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. It is not as the world giveth, that I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor be afraid.

⁹ And after these things, I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no one could number, from all kindreds, and nations, and tribes, and tongues; who stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands; ¹⁰ and they cried, with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, to him who sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb. ¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne and the Elders and the four Animals; and they fell upon their faces before his throne, and worshipped God, ¹² saying: Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God, for ever and ever: Amen.

¹¹ And Jesus said to them again: A certain man had two sons. ¹² And his younger son said to him: My father, give me the portion that falleth to me from thy house. And he divided to them his property. ¹³ And after a few days, the younger son collected together all that fell to him, and went to a distant place and there squandered his property, by living in dissipation. ¹⁴ And when he had consumed all that he had, there occurred a great famine in that place; and he began to be in want. ¹⁵ And he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that place: and he sent him into the field to tend swine. ¹⁶ And he longed to fill his belly with those pods which the swine ate: and no one gave to him. ¹⁷ And when he came to himself, he said: How many hired servants are now at my father's house, who have bread enough, and I am here perishing with hunger. ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and say to him: My father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee; ¹⁹ and am no longer worthy to be called thy son. Make me like one of thy hired servants. ²⁰ And he arose and went towards his father. And he was yet at a distance, when his father saw him; and he pitied him, and ran, and fell upon his neck and kissed him. ²¹ And his son said to him: My father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am not worthy to be called thy son. ²² But his father said to his servants: Bring forth the best robe, and clothe him, and put a ring on his hand, and supply him with shoes. ²³ And bring forth and slay the fatted bullock; and let us eat, and be merry. ²⁴ For, this my son was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry. ²⁵ But his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard the sound of the singing of many. ²⁶ And he called to one of the boys, and asked him what it meant. ²⁷ And he said to him: Thy brother hath come; and thy father hath killed the fatted bullock, because he hath received him in health. ²⁸ And he was angry, and would not go in: and his father went out and entreated him. ²⁹ And he said to his father: Lo, these many years have I labored in thy service, and never transgressed thy command; and thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. ³⁰ But for this thy son, when he had dissipated thy property with harlots, and came home, thou hast slain the fatted bullock for him. ³¹ His father said to him: My son, thou hast been ever with me, and all that I have, is thine. ³² But it was proper for us to be merry, and to rejoice; because this thy brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.

¹⁴ And with all these, join love, which is the girdle of perfection. ¹⁵ And let the peace of the Messiah direct your hearts; for to that ye have been called, in one body; and be ye thankful to the Messiah.

² There are many mansions in the house of my Father: and if not, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

¹ For we know that, if our house on earth-this of the body, were dissolved, yet we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven. ² And on this account also, we groan, and wish to be clothed with our house from heaven: ³ if indeed, when clothed, we shall not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are here in this house, we groan under its burden; yet ye desire, not to throw it off; but to be clothed over it, so that its mortality may be absorbed in life. ⁵ And he that prepareth us for this thing, is God: who hath given us the earnest of his Spirit. ⁶ Therefore, because we know and are persuaded, that while we lodge in the body we sojourn away from our Lord; ⁷ (for we walk by faith, and not by sight;) ⁸ therefore we are confident, and desirous to be away from the body, and to be with our Lord. ⁹ We are assiduous, that whether we are absent, or whether at home, we may please him. ¹⁰ For we are all to stand before the judgment-seat of the Messiah, that each may receive retribution in the body, for what he hath done in it, whether of good, or whether of evil. ¹¹ Therefore because we know the fear of our Lord we persuade men; and we are made manifest unto God; and I hope also, we are made manifest to your minds. ¹² We do not again laud ourselves to you; but we give you occasion to glory in us, to them who glory in appearance and not in heart. ¹³ For if we are extravagant, it is for God: and if we are discreet, it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of the Messiah constraineth us to reason thus: One died for all; therefore are all dead. ¹⁵ And he died for all, that they who live should not live to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again. ¹⁶ And therefore, we know no person after the flesh: and if we have known the Messiah after the flesh, yet henceforth we know him no more. ¹⁷ Whoever therefore is in the Messiah, is a new creature: old things have passed away; ¹⁸ and all things are made new, by God; who hath reconciled us to himself by the Messiah, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. ¹⁹ For God was in the Messiah, who hath reconciled the world with his majesty, and did not reckon to them their sins; and who hath placed in us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are therefore ambassadors for the Messiah, and it is as if God was beseeching you by us. In behalf of the Messiah, therefore, we beseech you, be ye reconciled to God. ²¹ For, on your account, he hath made him who knew no sin to be sin, that we might by him become the righteousness of God.

¹⁹ And he suffered him not, but said to him: Go home to thy people, and tell them what the Lord hath done for thee, and hath compassionated thee.